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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the school board, what is the youngest age a student can be?

2. Nancy is critical of which person or people visiting Anne?

3. Where do Fred and Anne decide to go for their snow picnic?

4. What is the name of the boy from the Indian village who travels with the pack train?

5. Anne cooks breakfast for whom in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the beginning of Maggie and Anne's relationship like?

2. How does the relationship between Anne and Chuck begin?

3. At the roadhouse after the dance in Chapter 10, what story does Ben Norvall tell about one of his partners who had died in the middle of winter?

4. When Chuck begins attending school, what is the reaction?

5. Why does Anne agree to let Nancy come live with her in Chicken?

6. Why will Cab return for the Thanksgiving dance?

7. Before Anne and Fred's snow picnic in Chapter 11, Mrs. Purdy visits Anne. What does she say to Anne?

8. How is the first day of school for Anne and her students?

9. Describe Anne's first full day in Chicken.

10. Why does the Chicken school board object to Lily and Rebekah being at the school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Summarize Ben Norvall's "history lesson" about the Indians and white people. Do you believe what he says? Do you feel there are any inaccuracies? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 2

Explain Cathy's roles in the Indian village. Why do people seem to respond so negatively to her?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the draw that Alaska held for many of the "old sourdoughs."

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